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Do Students Gather Information To Inform Design Decisions? Assessment With An Authentic Design Task In First-Year Engineering, Ruth Eh Wertz, Meagan Ross, Michael Fosmire, Monica Cardella, Senay Purzer Jan 2011

Do Students Gather Information To Inform Design Decisions? Assessment With An Authentic Design Task In First-Year Engineering, Ruth Eh Wertz, Meagan Ross, Michael Fosmire, Monica Cardella, Senay Purzer

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

Information gathering is a very important aspect of the design process, one that is used continuously throughout the project to make informed design decisions. This study reports the development of an authentic instrument used to assess skills related to information gathering in first-year engineering students. Existing assessment tools, such as the scenario-based Self- Knowledge Inventory of Lifelong Learning (SKILLS), developed by Conti & Fellenz, or the Self- Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS), developed by Guglielmino, were evaluated. While these have the advantage of being very easy to administer and analyze, one significant disadvantage is that they are self-reported and thus …


Lifelong Learning And Information Literacy Skills And The First Year Engineering Undergraduate: Report Of A Self-Assessment, Meagan Ross, Michael Fosmire, Ruth Eh Wertz, Monica Cardella, Senay Purzer Jan 2011

Lifelong Learning And Information Literacy Skills And The First Year Engineering Undergraduate: Report Of A Self-Assessment, Meagan Ross, Michael Fosmire, Ruth Eh Wertz, Monica Cardella, Senay Purzer

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

ABET accreditation requires engineering students to attain ‘a recognition of the need for and an ability to engage in lifelong learning.” (Outcome 3.i) However, there are few standard tools that attempt to assess the skills and techniques students need in order to achieve those outcomes. Focusing on the problem articulation and information literacy skills embedded in lifelong learning competencies, the authors constructed a standardized assessment to measure student self-perceptions of how often they employ those skills. The criteria for these competencies were based on the Information Search Process of Carol Kuhlthau, engineering design process characteristics, and the authors’ own analysis …


How Information Literacy Becomes Policy: An Analysis Using The Multiple Streams Framework, Sharon A. Weiner Jan 2011

How Information Literacy Becomes Policy: An Analysis Using The Multiple Streams Framework, Sharon A. Weiner

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

There is growing recognition that information literacy is a critical skill for educational and workplace success, engagement in lifelong learning, and civic participation. To be considered for allocations of financial and human resources, information literacy must become a policy priority for institutions and societies. There is no published examination of factors that may influence the adoption of information literacy as a policy priority. This article explores aspects of the policy process from a U.S. perspective that can favor or impede the inclusion of information literacy on political agendas. It examines these questions through the multiple streams framework of policy processes. …


Librarian Roles In Institutional Repository Data Set Collecting: Outcomes Of A Research Library Task Force, Mark P. Newton, Christopher C. Miller, Marianne S. Bracke Jan 2011

Librarian Roles In Institutional Repository Data Set Collecting: Outcomes Of A Research Library Task Force, Mark P. Newton, Christopher C. Miller, Marianne S. Bracke

Libraries Research Publications

The collection development role of the academic librarian in the research university library is increasingly subject to significant change as opportunities to build new types of library collections proliferate, particularly with respect to research data. A Purdue Libraries task force was charged with building faculty-produced collections for a data repository prototype. One purpose of the project was to inventory and characterize the resources and skills required of the libraries and its data-collecting librarians. This paper examines the librarian roles and activities that were identified during the project and suggestsways the experience of the task force can inform the roles and …


Wandering The Web -- Gardening, Amanda Drost Jan 2011

Wandering The Web -- Gardening, Amanda Drost

Against the Grain

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Wandering The Web -- Business Research On The Open Web, Served 10 Ways, John Gottfried Jan 2011

Wandering The Web -- Business Research On The Open Web, Served 10 Ways, John Gottfried

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Wandering The Web -- Subcultures: Ghost Hunting: A Passion For The Paranormal, Lesley Montgomery Jan 2011

Wandering The Web -- Subcultures: Ghost Hunting: A Passion For The Paranormal, Lesley Montgomery

Against the Grain

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Institutionalizing Information Literacy, Sharon A. Weiner Jan 2011

Institutionalizing Information Literacy, Sharon A. Weiner

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Information literacy is recognized globally as essential for individual and community empowerment, workforce readiness, and global competitiveness. Recent international efforts related to information literacy have the goal of mainstreaming it in educational systems and in societies. However, there is a history of difficulty in integrating it with the educational process. This integration with the educational process may be referred to as institutionalization. Although the goal of colleges and universities is to graduate information literate critical thinkers, there is no established strategy for instilling this competency in students. This paper proposes that a lack of understanding of the organizational functioning …


From The Reference Desk-Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson Dec 2010

From The Reference Desk-Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

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Booklover-Writing, Donna Jacobs Dec 2010

Booklover-Writing, Donna Jacobs

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Little Red Herrings-Can Open Access Save Us?, Mark Herring Dec 2010

Little Red Herrings-Can Open Access Save Us?, Mark Herring

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Collection Development And Sustainability At The University Of Florida, Merliyn Burke Dec 2010

Collection Development And Sustainability At The University Of Florida, Merliyn Burke

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Atg Interviews Jud Dunham, Senior Product Manager Science And Technology, Elsevier, Katina Strauch Dec 2010

Atg Interviews Jud Dunham, Senior Product Manager Science And Technology, Elsevier, Katina Strauch

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A Description Of Data Citation Instructions In Style Guides, Mark P. Newton, Hailey Mooney, Michael Witt Dec 2010

A Description Of Data Citation Instructions In Style Guides, Mark P. Newton, Hailey Mooney, Michael Witt

Libraries Research Publications

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Table Of Contents Dec 2010

Table Of Contents

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From Your Editor, Katina Strauch Dec 2010

From Your Editor, Katina Strauch

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At Brunning: People And Technology-At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning Dec 2010

At Brunning: People And Technology-At The Only Edge That Means Anything/How We Understand What We Do, Dennis Brunning

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Atg Interviews Moshe Pritsker, Ceo And Co-Founder, Jove, Katina Strauch Dec 2010

Atg Interviews Moshe Pritsker, Ceo And Co-Founder, Jove, Katina Strauch

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Papa Abel Remembers-The Tale Of A Band Of Booksellers, Fasicle 12: What's Your Role? Executive Or Staff?, Richard Abel Dec 2010

Papa Abel Remembers-The Tale Of A Band Of Booksellers, Fasicle 12: What's Your Role? Executive Or Staff?, Richard Abel

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Library Perspective, Vendor Response, Robin Champieux, Steven Carrico Dec 2010

Library Perspective, Vendor Response, Robin Champieux, Steven Carrico

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Acquisitiong Archaeology-Competing Interest, Jesse Holden Dec 2010

Acquisitiong Archaeology-Competing Interest, Jesse Holden

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If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch Dec 2010

If Rumors Were Horses, Katina Strauch

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Pelikan's Antidisambiguation-"On The Establishment Of Identity", Michael P. Pelikan Dec 2010

Pelikan's Antidisambiguation-"On The Establishment Of Identity", Michael P. Pelikan

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Something To Think About-Anything Goes, Mary E. Massey Dec 2010

Something To Think About-Anything Goes, Mary E. Massey

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K-12 Environmental Education Resources, Roxanne Myers Spencer Dec 2010

K-12 Environmental Education Resources, Roxanne Myers Spencer

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Building Library Collections In The 21st Century-How Goes The Book Approval Plan In The Days Of The Ebook?, Arlene Moore Sievers-Hill Dec 2010

Building Library Collections In The 21st Century-How Goes The Book Approval Plan In The Days Of The Ebook?, Arlene Moore Sievers-Hill

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Practicing Sustainable Environmental Solutions: A Call For Green Policy In Academic Libraries, Maria A. Jankowska Dec 2010

Practicing Sustainable Environmental Solutions: A Call For Green Policy In Academic Libraries, Maria A. Jankowska

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Measuring Sustainability With Our Ecological Footprint, Whitney Bauman Dec 2010

Measuring Sustainability With Our Ecological Footprint, Whitney Bauman

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Technology Left Behind-The Temptations Of Netflix, Cris Ferguson Dec 2010

Technology Left Behind-The Temptations Of Netflix, Cris Ferguson

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch Dec 2010

Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

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